English Explanatory Dictionary

armadillo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

Pronunciation

/ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/ /ɑːməˈdɪləʊ/ en-us-armadillo.ogg

Word forms

armadillo armadillos armadilloes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin armātus Old Spanish armado Spanish armado Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish armadillobor. English armadillo Borrowed from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”) in reference to its protective plates.

Synonyms

quirquincho

Related words

armor scute Xenarthra

Derived words

Andean hairy armadillo beautiful armadillo big hairy armadillo Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo dwarf armadillo giant armadillo great long-nosed armadillo greater fairy armadillo greater naked-tailed armadillo hairy armadillo hairy long-nosed armadillo horned armadillo Llanos long-nosed armadillo long-nosed armadillo naked-tailed armadillo nine-banded armadillo northern horned armadillo northern three-banded armadillo pink fairy armadillo pygmy armadillo screaming hairy armadillo seven-banded armadillo six-banded armadillo southern long-nosed armadillo southern naked-tailed armadillo southern three-banded armadillo Texas armadillo three-banded armadillo mule armadillo armadillo ant armadillo bug armadillo egg

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